Song of Solomon 3 - English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK)

The Bride's Dream

3 On my bed (A)by night
I sought (B)him whom my soul loves;
(C)I sought him, but found him not.
2 I will rise now and go about the city,
in (D)the streets and in the squares;
I will seek (E)him whom my soul loves.
I sought him, but found him not.
3 (F)The watchmen found me
as they went about in the city.
“Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
4 Scarcely had I passed them
when I found (G)him whom my soul loves.
I (H)held him, and would not let him go
until I had (I)brought him into my mother's house,
and into the chamber of (J)her who conceived me.
5 (K)I adjure you, (L)O daughters of Jerusalem,
(M)by the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.

Solomon Arrives for the Wedding

6 (N)What is that coming up from the wilderness
like (O)columns of smoke,
perfumed with (P)myrrh and frankincense,
with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?
7 Behold, it is the litter[a] of Solomon!
Around it are (Q)sixty (R)mighty men,
some of the mighty men of Israel,
8 all of them wearing swords
and expert in war,
each with his (S)sword at his thigh,
against (T)terror by night.
9 King Solomon made himself a carriage[b]
from the wood of Lebanon.
10 He made its posts of silver,
its back of gold, its seat of purple;
its interior was inlaid with love
by (U)the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 Go out, O (V)daughters of Zion,
and look upon King Solomon,
with the crown with which his mother crowned him
on (W)the day of his wedding,
on the day of the gladness of his heart.

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 3:7 That is, the couch on which servants carry a king
  2. Song of Solomon 3:9 Or sedan chair

Cross references

  1. Song of Solomon 3:1 : Isa. 26:9
  2. Song of Solomon 3:1 : ch. 1:7
  3. Song of Solomon 3:1 : ch. 5:6; [John 7:34]
  4. Song of Solomon 3:2 : Jer. 5:1
  5. Song of Solomon 3:2 : [See ver. 1 above]; ch. 1:7
  6. Song of Solomon 3:3 : ch. 5:7
  7. Song of Solomon 3:4 : [See ver. 1 above]; ch. 1:7
  8. Song of Solomon 3:4 : [Job 27:6]
  9. Song of Solomon 3:4 : ch. 8:2
  10. Song of Solomon 3:4 : [Hos. 2:5]
  11. Song of Solomon 3:5 : See ch. 2:7
  12. Song of Solomon 3:5 : See ch. 1:5
  13. Song of Solomon 3:5 : See ch. 2:9
  14. Song of Solomon 3:6 : ch. 8:5; [ch. 6:10; Isa. 60:8]
  15. Song of Solomon 3:6 : Ex. 13:21; Joel 2:30
  16. Song of Solomon 3:6 : ch. 4:6, 14; Matt. 2:11; John 19:39
  17. Song of Solomon 3:7 : ch. 6:8
  18. Song of Solomon 3:7 : 2 Sam. 23:8; 1 Chr. 11:10
  19. Song of Solomon 3:8 : Ps. 45:3
  20. Song of Solomon 3:8 : Ps. 91:5
  21. Song of Solomon 3:10 : See ch. 1:5
  22. Song of Solomon 3:11 : Isa. 3:16, 17; 4:4
  23. Song of Solomon 3:11 : [Isa. 62:5]

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